Michel Thomas (1914–2005) was a linguist and language teacher who spent 50 years refining his method. He famously charged celebrities and corporate leaders thousands of dollars for a weekend crash course. His philosophy was radical:
Before exploring the courses, it's essential to understand the extraordinary man who created them. Michel Thomas (born Moniek Kroskof in 1914) was a polyglot linguist, a decorated war hero, and a survivor of several Nazi concentration camps. His experiences during World War II, including surviving torture by the Gestapo, led him to believe in the brain's untapped potential for absorbing and reconstructing information under the right conditions. After the war, he immigrated to the United States and opened the Michel Thomas Language Center in Beverly Hills. Michel Thomas Complete V3